DOCUMENTARY · IN PRODUCTION
Schools, Space & Silence
The Architecture of Structural Violence in Baltimore
A documentary exploring place, power and educational opportunity in Baltimore.
FEATURED VOICES
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FRANK LUCAS
Founder, Urban Atlas Collective
Social Equity Engineer -
STEVEN K. RAGSDALE
Systems Strategist
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MARION BLACKWELL
Marble Hill Community Leader
ABOUT THE FILM
Schools, Space & Silence: The Architecture of Structural Violence in Baltimore examines how historical housing discrimination, redlining, urban renewal, disinvestment, and school closures have shaped Baltimore’s neighborhoods and educational opportunities.
Through community voices, archival materials, spatial and policy research, and original cinematography, the film explores how decisions about schools, housing, land, and investment become embedded in the physical and social structure of the city.
At its center is a question of place and power: how communities experience institutional loss, how those experiences are preserved in public memory, and how residents continue to resist, rebuild, and shape the future of their neighborhoods.
THE FILM EXPLORES
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COMMUNITY VOICES
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SCHOOLS AS ANCHORS
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URBAN RENEWAL
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CLOSURES AND CONSEQUENCES
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BALTIMORE THEN & NOW
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VERITÉ IN THE CITY
BEHIND THE SCENES
On location at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum.
FROM THE FIELD
Original footage, photographs and observations from Baltimore.
